The 2007–08 season was

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's 94th competitive season, 16th consecutive season in the

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, and 102nd year as a club. Manager José Mourinho left the club by mutual consent on 20 September 2007 following a disappointing 1–1 draw with Rosenborg and was replaced by the Israeli

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. The 2007–08 Premier League season was decided on the last day of the season, when Chelsea needed to win against Bolton Wanderers and Manchester United to either draw or lose against

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. Chelsea drew 1–1 and Manchester United won 2–0, thus making Chelsea runners-up to United for the second consecutive season. Chelsea played in their first UEFA Champions League Final, against Manchester United, making it the first all-English final in the competition's history. After extra time the score was 1–1; Manchester United won the penalty shootout 6–5 after

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saved

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's penalty. Chelsea went the entire 2007–08 campaign without suffering a single defeat at home. In spite of this, this was the first season in four years that Chelsea had finished the season without a trophy; the lack of silverware led to Avram Grant being sacked three days after the Champions League final. Five days later, Chelsea's assistant first-team coach,

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, had his contract terminated as well.

Kits

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Squad

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Transfers

In

Out

Overall transfer activity

Total Spending

Summer: £19,000,000 Winter: £24,700,000 Total: £43,700,000

Income

Summer: £25,000,000 Winter: £0,000,000 Total: £25,000,000

Expenditure

Summer: £6,000,000 Winter: £24,700,000 Total: £18,700,000

Club

Management

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, - , Academy manager, , Neil Bath

Other information

Pre-season

Competitions

FA Community Shield

Premier League

Classification

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Knockout phase

=Round of 16

=Quarter-finals

=Semi-finals

=Final

Disciplinary record

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FA Cup

Disciplinary record

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Statistics

Appearances and goals

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References

External links

Chelsea FC official website

Chelsea FC on Soccerbase

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